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Dennis is threatened with the sack if he makes another mistake. Len reveals that the PPOP members are all doing business with Laurie and that Alderman Langton has sold Laurie his share of the factory. Val doesn't know what to do to help Ken. She blames him and he hates her for not being completely interested in him. He tells her that he doesn't need a wife, he needs someone who understands him. They realise they shouldn't have married. She goes to see Dave to talk through her frustrations. Ken goes to the Rovers and drinks heavily. Len thinks of taking on an apprentice with all the work at the Corner Shop and the club. Dennis takes the blame for a smashed crate so that he will be sacked. After drowning his sorrows, Ken returns home to find Val has left. She arrives at Dave's flat with her suitcase.